Esther Tanquintic-Misa

A Canadian Islamic preacher was denied entry by the Philippines because he posed a threat to national security.

Germany has put in place a ban preventing any form of ISIS related activity in the country.

Russia is set to create an anti-crisis reserve.

A number of Arab nations have pledged to support the U.S. crusade against the ISIS.

Pilots of Air France will stage a work stoppage from Sept 15-22.

In what seemed to be a direct blow to strict Catholic doctrine of marriage before sex, Pope Francis married 20 couples on Sunday who have lived together and no less already had children. The papal wedding took place in no less than in St. Peter's Basilica.

Canada's New Democrats, one of the country's opposition parties, has vowed to rework back into the system a federal minimum wage scrapped 18 years ago. NDP leader Thomas Mulcair said they will push a $15 an hour federal minimum wage when Parliament resumes on Tuesday.

Russia has pulled out its troops from Ukraine, NATO said there still remained 1,000 troops on the ground.

As expected, Syria and Iran are fuming over the battle plan that U.S. President Barack Obama laid down on Wednesday during a televised address. The two countries criticised Washington for not including them into the international coalition that will destroy ISIS.

France has responded to the call of U.S. President Barack Obama to unleash an expanded airstrike against ISIS targets in Syria and Iraq.

But much like Syria divided by the ISIS and forces of President Bashar Assad, reactions to his momentous speech were equally split up as well.

The announced expanded US airstrike meant to target the terrorist group ISIS must be coordinated first with Syrian President Bashar Assad, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov reminded US President Barack Obama. Otherwise, Washington's tactics are moves meant to justify terrorism.

A survey by the Canadian Payroll Association has revealed the country's workers don't expect to retire anytime soon as they grapple living from paycheque to paycheque, which doesn't really allow them to save for their future after all.

Various unions in British Columbia have offered assistance to the 41,000-striking public school teachers of the B.C. Teachers Federation (BCTF) province by offering them $8 million in interest-free loans.

Russia has just abducted an officer in Estonia, where political experts believed could be a prelude to an incursion in the small state anytime soon.

The number of people killed by the deadly Ebola virus in West Africa has reached 2,296, the World Health Organisation said on Wednesday, with the tally expected to still increase in the coming days.

Employees of social media platform Twitter are in danger of being assassinated by members of an ISIS-affiliated group. The radical militants were angered when Twitter employees closed down their accounts.

U.S. authorities working to identify the man behind the black-masked Jihadi John, executioner of American journalist James Foley, said they hope to release his true identity to the world within days before he gets killed out on the battlefield.

Iraq has a new government in the face of Shiite Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi.

Jodie Emery, wife of Canadian "Prince of Pot" Marc Emery, has on Monday filed to run under the Liberal Party in Vancouver East in the next federal election.

Russia continued to adopt a strong stand against a definitive new round of economic sanctions to be imposed by the European Union. It has even warned that should the body push through with the new list, it will bar western airlines from its airspace effective immediately.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has been christened by the head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church as the modern Cain of the old Biblical times. Moreso, Mr Putin had been doing his invasion into Ukraine because the church believes he is guided and has been allegedly possessed by Satan.

Afghanistan has been discovered to be sitting atop a whopping $1 trillion worth of rare earths and other metals and minerals.

A study by the London-based small-arms research organisation Conflict Armament Research has revealed that the Islamic State jihadi fighters appear to be using weapons that were U.S.-made but captured as they seized large swath of areas in Iraq and Syria.

High school students affected by the ongoing teachers' strike in B.C., Canada have staged their own protest actions to call on the attention of both government and educators.

A popular Nigerian pastor and prophet has warned Catholics to pray for Pope Francis as he might get kidnapped soon.

The terrorist group ISIS has posted a new photo online showing a tiny baby lying on an ISIS flag with guns and grenades surrounding the newborn.

Russia has gained a new enemy, this time the militant group Islamic State. At least on this one, Russia can join forces perhaps with the European Union and the United States to annihilate the group and stop its senseless crusade.

Workers tasked to decommission the highly radiated Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant have slapped a lawsuit against operator Tokyo Electric Company (Tepco) over unpaid hazard wages.